Healthy backs

Your mouse

Changing the settings to slow your mouse down can greatly reduce muscle tension in your hand.

Use keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse to navigate and execute commands.

The mouse keys feature allows you to use the arrow keys on your keyboard's number pad to move the pointer around the screen.

Download mousetool free software. It takes away the need to click on the mouse, which many people find painful. You may need to get permission from your employer to download the software.

Your keyboard

You can adjust the keyboard's key repeat rate to avoid mistakes that you then have to go back and correct.

Use StickyKeys, a Windows function that allows you to press one key at a time to write capital letters and other multi-key commands to avoid having to hold a modifier key down, such as Shift, Ctrl or Alt while pressing another key.

Predictive text and autocorrect features guess what you want to type and save you unnecessary keystrokes.